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Matthew James Nicholson

Born: 2 October 1974, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales
Major Teams: Western Australia, Australia.
Known As: Matthew Nicholson
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


Test Debut: Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, 1998/99

First-class Debut: Western Australia v West Indians at Perth, 1996/97

List A Debut: Australia 'A' v Sri Lankans at Perth, 1998/99

Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1994 to 1995
Australia 'A' 1998/99 (v Sri Lanka)

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 26/12/1998)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    1    2   0    14    9    7.00  29.78   0   0    0   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              25      4   115    4  28.75  3-56    0   0  37.5  4.60

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting               0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -  -

                     Balls    M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -   -    -     -     -  -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1996/97 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   36   53  11  1049  101*  24.97   1   3   18   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1187.2  269  3643  126  28.91  7-77    5   0  56.5  3.06

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1998/99 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   14    8   2    62   21   10.33   0   0    3   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              85      4   430   10  43.00  2-22    0   0  51.0  5.05

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A right arm fast bowler and capable lower order batsman, Matthew Nicholson learnt his cricket in New South Wales, where he was a schoolboy star. From his base in Sydney, he also represented Australia at the under-19 level, and was in fact his country's under-19 player of the year in 1992-93. It was through those years that he developed what is a lilting run-up; a whippy, open-chested action; and a tendency to generate disarming bounce from his 6'6" height. But, for all of his early successes, Nicholson found it as difficult to break into a strong NSW senior side as many other players before and after him have done and he decided that his bid to break into first-class cricket would be better served by a shift to Western Australia. Initially, the relocation brought with it no change in fortune; he was struck down by illness and consigned to a long and arduous road to recovery soon after embarking on the trip west. He made his much awaited first-class debut (against West Indies) in 1996-97 and illustrated substantial promise, only to miss the entire 1997-98 season as the result of being diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an after-effect in itself of an onset of glandular fever. He was eventually able to control the disease through an alcohol, dairy and meat free diet and (following 18 months on the sidelines) signalled his return to the top flight with a sizzling performance against England at the start of 1998-99. He supplemented 7/77 in the first innings with a maiden half-century, and impressed throughout the match with his speed and hostility. Subsequent success in the Sheffield Shield resulted in a surprise call-up to the Australian team for the Fourth Test against the Englishmen in Melbourne. Although there was no suggestion during that contest that he was particularly overawed by the experience (he claimed four wickets), the paceman has not ascended to such heights again since. Instead, a combination of further injuries and an occasional tendency to bowl with too much width has ensured that the 1999 tour of Zimbabwe has represented the only other platform from which he has represented the senior Australian team. (Dave Liverman and John Polack, August 2001)

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